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CIGARETTE CASE.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY H. \VILLS, OF BRISTOL, ENGLAND.

CIGARETTE-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 460,244, datedSeptember 29, 1891. Application filed September 15, 1890. Serial No.365,108. (No model.) Patented in England May 3, 1889, No. 7,410-

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY HERBERT WILLS, a subject of the Queen of GreatBritain, residing at Bristol, England, have invented an ImprovedConstruction of Cigarette-Box, also suitable for holding cigars ormatches, (for which I have obtained a patent in Great Britain, No.7,410, dated May 3, 1889,) of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a novel arrangement of box preferably made ofcard-board and primarily intended to hold and supply cigarettes.

To enable my invention to be properly understood, I will proceed todescribe the same, with the aid of the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the box about to be closed. Fig. 2 isa perspective View of the box closed, drawn to a larger scale than thepreceding figure. Fig. 3 is a view of the box open, with the top side removed. Fig. 4: is a view looking down, the box being open. Fig. 5 is asectional side View of the box open. Fig. 6 is a sectional side view ofthe box closed.

A is a cardboard box or outer case formed with a lid B, hinged to openand close in any convenient Way, such as by scoring the board at thehinge part. Within the boxAis a second box or tray 0 to hold thecigarettes or other articles, preferably having a portion of the frontside removed, as at D, and open at the top to facilitate the Withdrawalof the cigarettes or other articles. Through the bottom end of the box Apasses a cord E, which is attached to the box C. Attached to the lid B,by means of a piece of Wire F or in any other convenient manner, is orare one or more elastic bands or cords G, the other end or ends beingcarried down and fastened to the back or bottom of box 0, the bands orcords being slightly stretched. On raising the lid the elastic draws up,the box 0 simultaneously presenting the cigarettes for easy extraction.the tension of the elastic G holding the box 0 up, and which holds thelid B open. To close the box the cord E is pulled dowii- Ward, (see Fig.1,) drawing the box C entirely within the outer box A and simultaneouslyclosing thelid of the box A, which is then held down by the tension ofthe elastic. The lid B may be further stiffened by an overhanging rimround front and sides.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature 01": mysaid invention and in What manner the same is to be performed, I declarethat what I claim is A box for holding cigarettes or other suitablearticles, consisting of an outer case A, having a hinged lid B, an innertray O, open at the top and constructed to slide in the outer case, astring connected to the bottom of the inner tray and passing outside thecase A at the bottom, and one or more pieces of elastic passing insidethe tray 0, and attaching the tray 0 to the lid B, as described and setforth.

HENRY l-I. \VILLS.

Witnesses:

JAMES W. CRANDALL, OHARLEs COLEMAN.

